Scroll to see break-even price per barrel for oil in 2015 for select oil producers, and click on a country's name for more details. modest oil-price recovery and currency devaluations have lowered breakeven prices for countries like Russia and Nigeria, but some petrostates still need oil prices above $100 a barrel to balance their budgets.
There are dozens of types of gemstones â including diamonds, colored gemstones, and pearls â each with a unique set of physical and optical properties. GIRDLE â The narrow band around the perimeter of a polished or faceted diamond or colored gemstone.
A gemstone or gem (also called a fine gem, jewel, or a precious or semi-precious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal, which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.ven the same gemstone can occur in many different colors: sapphires show different shades of blue and pink and fancy sapphires exhibit a whole range of other colors from yellow to orange-pink, the latter called  padparadscha sapphire .